The minimum requirement for each prompt is listed in the description, and prompts automatically reward the minimum value. If completing the minimum requirement, you do not need to complete any extra steps. 

However, if you complete bonus work ON TOP OF the minimum requirement, you must include a bonus reward breakdown in the submission comments to claim your extra rewards. Steps are listed below!

How-to claim bonus rewards

1. In the comments, list the base reward at the top. For example, if a prompt offers 150 wisps for 1 fullbody, the base is 150 wisps. Note that whatever the prompt reward is listed as is the base, for example, some prompts may offer an item as the base instead of 150 wisps. In these instances, you get the item add-ons are only added on to that item and not 150!

2. List and label any bonuses below. For example, if you drew an extra fullbody, you would say 'Extra fullbody: +100 wisps'

3. Total up all of the wisps at the very bottom. For example, the total for the above wisps would be 'Total: 250 wisps'

4. In the rewards section, add the extra rewards to your submission. Do NOT add the base reward, this is automatically included!

breakdown Examples

Refer to the below sections for bonus values!

General requirements

1. Effort should be put into each and every piece. Mods reserve the right to reject a submission if they feel that the player is farming (submitting rushed, unpolished pieces that are lower quality than normal to earn more currency)

2. The focus character must be an existing Faian (CN, LM, TR, RU) character, and the focus character must fulfill the minimum art requirement. For example if the minimum requirement is 1 flat fullbody, and the focus character is character A, at least 80% of character A must be visible even if you fulfill the minimum requirement with character B.

3. All characters (and pets) drawn must be recognizable as themselves.

4. Parts of the character that are obscured by intense shadow, intense lighting, or items do not count towards the visible percentage.

5. As a minimum, flat coloring is required for all submissions unless stated otherwise. The coloring should be clean and within the lines (if applicable) unless stated otherwise (ex. exceptions are the Messy prompt, or messy-ish coloring as a clear and reasonable artistic choice).

6. Traditional art is allowed, but the submitted photo of the piece must be clear. Scanned images are preferred.

Art values

Bust: 50 wisps [character is only visible from the chest up]

Halfbody: 75 wisps [at least 50% of the character must be visible]

Onbase Art (first submission counts as regular): 1/3 regular value, rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 [can only be submitted if the base is by you]

*the above values are only eligible to be submitted for general artwork, not prompts. The typical minimum req for prompts is a flat fullbody. Keep in mind artwork that surpasses the requirements of one category is still in that category until it reaches the requirements of the next! For example, a piece with 70% of the character visible counts as a halfbody, but once it hits 80%, it qualifies as a fullbody.

First (flat) fullbody: 150 wisps [at least 80% of the character must be visible]

Extra (flat) fullbody: +100 wisps [at least 60% of the character must be visible]

Pet: +50 wisps [at least 80% of the pet must be visible], maxiumum of 5 pet bonuses (but you can draw more!)

Dynamic pose: +75/100 wisps [reqs below]

Simple background: +250 wisps [reqs below]

Complex background: +350 wisps [reqs below] - cannot be stacked with simple BG

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Dyanamic pose [+75/100 wisps]

Note: A minimum of a colored fullbody is required to achieve this bonus.
+75 wisps for Lumendras and Tortuvinas, +100 wisps for Candle Noodles and Ruptours (due to the greatly differing complexity of anatomy).

Requirements: at least 2 out of the following 3 factors. When submitting artwork for this bonus, please specify which 2 factors in the comments.

[FACTOR 1] Strong Line of Action: The line of action is a clear, exaggerated curve (like an S, C, O, U). This can be found by visually tracing the spine or core action of the character. In essence, the character is not simply standing straight. Note that just posing the tail to create a curve is NOT enough to fulfill this factor; if the body does not already form a strong curve by itself, adding on a curved tail will not make it qualify.

[FACTOR 2] Mid-Motion or Implied Motion: The character is in the middle of an action or clearly about to start/end an action, rather than standing still or posing. Examples of mid-action could include mid-jump, mid-attack, etc. Examples of implied motion could include the build up of an action, such as raising a sword about to strike, or the follow-through of an action, such as a character landing from a jump, knees bent and hair still flying due to gravity. Hair, fur, accessories, etc. should be affected by the wind generated by the action.

[FACTOR 3] Physical Exertion or Resistance: The character's body is braced, contorted, or straining as they exert significant force or resist an external force.  Examples of this could include the character pushing against something immovable, pulling something that is heavy or moving away, lifting a heavy object, etc. Note that the pose should show visible strain. 

Simple background [+250 wisps]

Note: "Simple scene" = 1 fullbody [at least 70% of the character must be visible] on a simple background.

Requirements: Shading, lighting, at least 2 planes, at least 2 background aspects, detailed enough to look like an environment.

Complex background [+350 wisps]

Note: "Complex scene" = 1 fullbody [at least 70% of the character must be visible] on a complex background.

Requirements: Shading, lighting, at least 3 planes, at least 4 background aspects, detailed enough to look like an environment.

Plane: Background, middleground, foreground. Planes are visual areas used to create depth in artwork; essentially the 'layers' in a piece! Each plane must be large enough to convey depth; for example, one tree in the background does not qualify as a plane, but a forest in the background does. And in terms of the foreground plane, it must be large enough to convey a sense of being closer to the 'camera'. Note that the SKY/WALL does NOT count as a background plane.  Additionally, something that is being counted as a background aspect cannot also count as a plane (ex. a big tree in the foreground can only count as a plane or aspect, not both). Here are some plane examples!

Background Aspect: Examples include trees, flowers, bushes, signpost, furniture, etc. Background aspects are essentially the extra objects in the piece! A background aspect must be colored, and must be detailed enough to be distinguishable as what it is. Characters and things being counted as a plane cannot also be counted as an aspect ex. mountains that would count as the background plane cannot be an aspect).

Celestial Bodies: Celestial bodies refer to things in the sky, such as clouds, stars, the moon, etc. These all count as ONE background aspect together! For example, this would be incorrect: "clouds = aspect 1, stars = aspect 2, moon = aspect 3" - instead, it would be "celestial bodies (clouds+stars+moon) = aspect 1)"

Animation can be applied to any size of art piece, even busts, as long as the focus character is animated! Although as most prompts require a fullbody at minimum, you will need to animate on a fullbody at minimum!
To count as an animation, there must be at least 3 frames. When submitting an animation to a prompt (all prompts except for kelp coin prompts are eligible), the base wisp reward of that prompt determines the base animation value. Here is the formula (all info can be found below):

Total Wisps = [(I. Base Animation Value) * (II. Animation Complexity Multiplier) * (III. Frame Multiplier)] + Background Bonus (if applicable)

I. Base animation value

BASICS: When submitting animation to a prompt, the Base Animation Value is the total base reward for the character component of that prompt including the elevated prompt bonus, before any separate background or dynamic pose bonuses are added. Dynamic pose or background bonuses should NOT be included in this value (only factor in the size of the art that is animated, ex. fullbody, bust, halfbody)!

STATIC CONTENT, CHARACTERS: Additional characters must be animated to the same level (ex. both characters at simple movement) as the focus character. The only exception is if the focus character exhibits complex movement, the additional characters only need to exhibit moderate movement to qualify. They must be at least 60% visible. If any of these conditions aren't met, they are considered static and excluded from the base animation value (added back in at the end).

STATIC CONTENT, PETS: Pets must exhibit at least moderate movement (info below in the animation complexity multiplier section), to be included, since they're simple-shaped. Otherwise, they are considered static and excluded from the base animation value (added back in at the end).

ELEVATED PROMPT BONUS: Some prompts include an inherent elevated wisp value that makes any art submitted more valuable than the standard values listed above in the art values section. For example, bulletin board prompts are worth 180 wisps for a fullbody, which is typically worth 150 wisps (bonus of 30 wisps). 

II. animation complexity multiplier

This multiplier takes into account the type and complexity of the animation (how much movement, how intricate the movement).

[ Multiplier = 1.2 ] Minimal Movement or Wiggle: Wiggle animations are essentially when the character doesn't move but the lineart is redrawn, giving the piece a jittery effect. Minimal movement includes animations that don't noticeably move any part of the body, such as blinking, smiling, subtle breathing, twitching, etc.

[ Multipler = 1.5 ] Simple Movement: Basic movement in one or two parts of the body. "Body" refers to the head, ears, limbs, and tail: Lumendra lanterns and Candle Noodle flames are not considered part of the body for animation, and thus, only animating the lantern/flame does not qualify for simple movement. Examples of acceptable simple movement include simple gestures such as waving, head turns, tail wags, nodding, etc.

[ Multipler = 2 ] Moderate Movement: Significant movement in multiple parts of the body with more fluid or dynamic actions. Examples include walk/run cycles, spinning around, jumping, lying down, etc.

[ Multipler = 3 ] Complex Movement: Full-body dynamic movement, intricate and highly expressive actions. Examples include combat scenes, dancing, transformation, moderate movement plus a changing 'camera' angle, etc.

III. Frame multiplier

This multiplier accounts for the number of unique frames in the animation. To count as a frame, it must be visually distinct from the previous frame in a way that contributes to the animation's movement or change. Moving holds (when the character does not noticeably move at all, only with subtle animation such as breathing or blinking) do not count as individual frames. The frame multiplier automatically = 1.1 for minimal movement or wiggle animations.

Calculating the Frame Multiplier: Start with a multiplier of 1 for the first unique frame (same value as a static art piece). For each additional unique frame, add 0.1 to the multiplier.

FRAME MULTIPLIER FORMULA: 1 + ((total unique frames - 1) * 0.1)

The formula

Now, we piece everything together! Any static pets that were not animated/included in the base animation value are added back at this stage. The background bonus is also added back in at this stage. Note that the dynamic pose bonus is not eligible to be added for animations, as the dynamicity of the character is factored into the animation complexity multiplier.

Total Wisps = [(I. Base Animation Value) * (II. Animation Complexity Multiplier) * (III. Frame Multiplier)] + Static Content Bonuses (if applicable) + Background Bonus (if applicable)

General requirements

1. The focus character must be an existing Faian (CN, LM, TR, RU) character, as well as the 'main character' of the literature and important to the plot of the writing.

2. All written works will be run through an AI checker. DO NOT USE AI.

3. You may not add meaningless text for the purpose of inflating the word count. Examples include excessive adjectives, excessive dialogue, excessive counting, huge lists, etc.

Writing Values

[TYPICAL BASE] 500 words: 150 wisps

+500 words: +100 wisps, up to a maximum of 2500 words total. You can write more, you just won't earn wisps!

Note: extra words must be on top of the maximum base range. For example, if the base minimum is 500 words, extra words must be on top of 500 words.